Jerry Barilla is the

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. He was elected mayor on November 7, 2017. Barilla attended

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and then

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, where he got a degree in education and became a high school teacher. After teaching for four years, Barilla joined his father's appliance business, which became known as Frank & Jerry's Furniture and Appliance Store, in downtown Steubenville in 1969, and later became the owner. Barilla later became the president of Historic Fort Steuben, a non-profit which operates a re-creation of

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. Barilla had the idea for the Steubenville Nutcracker Village and helped to start the project. In 2017, Barilla retired and closed his store and filed to run for mayor as a Republican. Barilla won the November 2017 mayoral election with 63% of the vote, defeating

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Frankie DiCarlantonio (27%) and independent Royal Mayo (10%). Barilla became the first new mayor in Steubenville in nearly 26 years, succeeding

Domenick Mucci Jr. Domenick Mucci Jr. (born 1956) served as Mayor of Steubenville, Ohio, winning six four-year terms of office from 1993 to 2017. He is also the executive director for the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. A Steubenville native, Mucci's parents w ...

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